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Today we return to Jessica (previously), who still suffers under Windows Forms. But it's not all Windows Forms. There's also random CLI tools kicking around. CLI tools which should really be designed to run as a service,
Let's start with the Main method of this particular tool.
Never let it be said that we at TDWTF dish it out and can't take it.
Morgan immediately dished "I'm not sure what date my delivery will arrive but I will {PlanToBeAtHomeWhenItDoes}. "
Grace sends us, in her words, "the function that validates the data from the signup form for a cursed application."
It's more than one function, but there are certainly some clearly cursed aspects of the whole thing.
Grace was tracking down some production failures, which put her on the path to inspecting a lot of URLs in requests. And that put her onto this blob of code:
app.get(
(
[
"/api/ddm/getProjectList",
":dueDate",
":status",
":userAssignedId",
":managerID",
":clientID",
":projectHeaderID",
":tagId",
":companyId",
":clientGroup",
":isDefault",
":dateRange",
":dateToFilter",
":tagIds",
":statusIds",
":repeatValues",
":engagementID?",
":completionDate?"
]
.join( "/" )
),
ddmDboardCtrl.getProjectList
);
Last week's out of order logging reminded Adam R of a similar bug he encountered once.
The log files looked like this:
There's something about hierarchical arrangements that makes top-down interference utterly irresistible to many managers and executives. Writers may also experience similar strife with their editors, a phenomenon Robert Heinlein described with the perfect metaphor: "After he pees in it himself, he likes the flavor much better."
Sometimes, a leader leverages their hard-won wisdom and experience to steer a project onto a better path. But, all too often, someone's imagined wisdom and starving ego force a perfectly good train off the rails.
"Zero balance due now!" shouted davethepirate "To be fair, I had disputed a charge on a bill and they finally relented which should have actually resulted in them owing me $1.01, but I'm happy with the win." I'm sure yarr.
Matthias sends us what he calls the "tern of the century". Which, before I share it with you: bad news, it's just a regular bad ternary. But it remains bad in interesting ways, so it's definitely worth talking about. But let's not oversell it.
private static String getOrderTypeCode(CreateOrderRequest order) {
return !StringUtils.isBlank(order.getOrderParams().getReceivingCompanyFoo()) && ORDR_TP_DQQ_FOO.equals(order.getOrderParams().getOrderType()) ? ORDR_TP_DQQ_BAR_CDE : order.GetOrderParams().getOrderType().getOrderTypeCode();
}